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Jan Rubeš
Actor, Producer
Born June 6, 1920Died June 29, 2009 (89 years)
Born in Czechoslovakia. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, Jan Rubes went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early years. By 1948, he was chosen to represent Czechoslovakia at the International Music Festival held in Geneva and won first prize in his category. He emigrated to Canada on New Year's Eve 1948 with hopes of creating a greater musical career. As a member of the Canadian Opera Company, he achieved recognition for his roles, as Boris in "Boris Godunov", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". As well, he served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2005 | Our Fathers · as Pope John Paul |
| 2005 | Tilt (TV Series) · as Frank Modeste |
| 2004 | Daniel and the Superdogs · as The Colonel |
| 2003 | The Republic of Love · as Strom |
| 2002 | The Burial Society · as Marvin Telekunsky |
| 2001 | Anthrax · as Arthur Kowalski |
| 2000 | The Christmas Secret · as Andree |
| 2000 | Believe · as Jason Stiles |
| 1999 | What Katy Did · as Dr. Reinhart |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars · as Ole Jurgensen |
| 1999 | Nightmare Man · as Evan Hannibal |
| 1998 | The White Raven · as Markus Strand |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room · as Louis Klammer |
| 1998 | Mentors (TV Series) · as Moses |
| 1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples · as Hendrick De Vries |
| 1997 | Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach (TV Series) · as Dr. Kassovitz |
| 1997 | Flood: A River's Rampage · as Jacob Gunderson |
| 1997 | Der dritte Zwilling (TV Series) · as Mr. Oliver |
| 1997 | The Third Twin · as Cast |
| 1997 | Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande · as Dr. Kassovitz |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 (TV Series) · as Nicholas Ballard |
| 1996 | Never Too Late · as Joseph |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Robert Greene / Older Karl Rademacher |
| 1995 | Roommates · as Bolek Krupa |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Boozecan · as Pops |
| 1994 | Side Effects (TV Series) · as Hans |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Mr. Duzak |
| 1994 | Mesmer · as Professor Stoerk |
| 1994 | Due South (TV Series) · as Dr. Mort Gustafson |
| 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks · as Jan |
| 1994 | The Birds II: Land's End · as Karl |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (TV Series) · as The King |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Vassily Peskow (uncredited) |
| 1992 | By Way of the Stars (TV Series) · as Hausierer Nathan |
| 1992 | Devlin · as Vittorio Di Fabrizi |
| 1992 | The Witches of Eastwick · as Fidel |
| 1991 | On My Own · as The Colonel |
| 1991 | Deceived · as Tomasz |
| 1991 | Rupert (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1991 | Class Action · as Pavel |
| 1990 | Descending Angel · as Bishop Dancu |
| 1990 | Maniac Mansion (TV Series) · as Uncle Joe |
| 1990 | The Amityville Curse · as The Priest |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Courage Mountain · as Grandfather |
| 1989 | E.N.G. (TV Series) · as Arno Hildebrandt |
| 1989 | Cold Front · as Zoubov |
| 1989 | Life Goes On (TV Series) · as Joseph |
| 1989 | The Experts · as Illyich |
| 1989 | Blind Fear · as Lasky |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | The Kiss · as Gordon Tobin |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds (TV Series) · as Dr. Von Deer |
| 1988 | Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1988 | The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick · as Augustus Glick |
| 1988 | Blood Relations · as Andreas |
| 1987 | Dead of Winter · as Dr. Joseph Lewis |
| 1987 | Street Legal (TV Series) · as Arthur Robinovitch |
| 1986 | The Marriage Bed · as Max Ehrlich |
| 1986 | Danielle Steel's Crossings (TV Series) · as Isaac Zimmerman |
| 1986 | The Campbells (TV Series) · as Reverend Kirkbride |
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas · as Santa Claus |
| 1985 | Kane & Abel (TV Series) · as The Polish Consul |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of Insanity · as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited) |
| 1985 | Murder in Space · as Gregory Denarenko |
| 1985 | Witness · as Eli Lapp |
| 1985 | Night Heat (TV Series) · as Tarasoff |
| 1984 | Charlie Grant's War · as Jacob |
| 1984 | Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show (TV Series) · as Jan Rubes |
| 1983 | Utilities · as Mort |
| 1982 | The Edison Twins (TV Series) · as Mr. Janec |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Fame (TV Series) · as Lewis |
| 1981 | Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid · as Psychiatrist |
| 1981 | The Amateur · as Kaplan |
| 1980 | Mr. Patman · as Vrakettas |
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny (TV Series) · as Karl Frankenheimer |
| 1977 | Deadly Harvest · as Swenson |
| 1976 | The New Avengers (TV Series) · as Patlenko |
| 1975 | King of Kensington (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1975 | Lions for Breakfast · as Ivan |
| 1972 | The Beachcombers (TV Series) · as Brink |
| 1963 | The Forest Rangers (TV Series) · as Gregor Kowalski |
| 1963 | The Incredible Journey · as Carl Nurmi |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Johann |
| 1950 | Forbidden Journey · as Jan Bartik |